. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 80. — An alfalfa field. about eight or ten feet long. The leaves are smaller than those of red clover and somewhat more pointed and the flowers are purple and arranged in rather long clusters. In semi-arid countries alfalfa has been known to live fifty years and in the humid climate of the East and South fields will be profitable from five to eight years without replanting. Several cuttings of hay can be secured each year; in the East at least three are usually made and in the South and parts of the West five are possible. A total ye
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 80. — An alfalfa field. about eight or ten feet long. The leaves are smaller than those of red clover and somewhat more pointed and the flowers are purple and arranged in rather long clusters. In semi-arid countries alfalfa has been known to live fifty years and in the humid climate of the East and South fields will be profitable from five to eight years without replanting. Several cuttings of hay can be secured each year; in the East at least three are usually made and in the South and parts of the West five are possible. A total yearly acre-production of four to eight tons of hay is often secured. Fig. 80 shows a
Size: 2666px × 1875px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear
